It is a good time to tackle bigger objectives, but keep your guard up. Avalanches are still possible in LOW danger.
Confidence
High - The weather pattern is stable
Weather Forecast
Sunday: A mix of sun and cloud. The freezing level is around 800-1000 m. Winds are light. Monday: Sunny with increasing cloud late in the day. The freezing level is around 800-1000 m with a above freezing layer near ridge top. Winds are light. Tuesday: Cloudy with periods of snow. The freezing level is near 1000 m and winds increase to moderate or strong from the S-SW.
Avalanche Summary
A few small natural and rider-triggered wind slab avalanches up to size 1.5 were reported on Thursday and Friday. These were from steep East-facing slopes immediately lee of ridges.
Snowpack Summary
Up to 20 cm of dry snow sits on a variety of old surfaces including a melt-freeze crust on solar aspects in the alpine, smooth old snow on higher elevation lee slopes, and well-developed surface hoar in sheltered areas at treeline and lower elevations. This dry surface snow is capped by a sun crust on steep solar aspects or a fresh layer of surface hoar on sheltered and shady slopes. Variable winds have created soft wind slabs in lee and cross-loaded terrain in alpine areas. The mid and lower snowpack is generally strong.
Problems
Wind Slabs
Wind Slab avalanches are the release of a cohesive layer of snow (a slab) formed by the wind. Wind typically transports snow from the upwind sides of terrain features and deposits snow on the downwind side. Wind slabs are often smooth and rounded and sometimes sound hollow, and can range from soft to hard. Wind slabs that form over a persistent weak layer (surface hoar, depth hoar, or near-surface facets) may be termed Persistent Slabs or may develop into Persistent Slabs.